Description

Tracey Garvis Graves—and Anna and T.J.—return in this companion novella to the New York Times bestseller On the Island.

When twenty-three-year-old dot-com millionaire Owen Sparks walked away from his charmed life, he had one goal in mind: get as far away as possible from the people who resented his success, or had their hand out for a piece of it. A remote uncharted island halfway around the world seemed like a perfectly logical place to get away from it all.

Calia Reed wasn't part of Owen's plans. The beautiful British girl—on holiday in the Maldives with her brother, James—made Owen wonder if getting away from it all might be a lot more enjoyable with a carefree girl who didn't know anything about the life he left behind.

But Owen had no idea how much his carefully detailed plans would go awry. Nor did he realize that a decision he made would have such a catastrophic effect on two passengers who boarded a plane in Chicago.

And when Owen shows up at Anna and T.J.'s door with an incredible story to tell, everyone involved will learn just how much their lives are intertwined.

Tracey Garvis-Graves

Tracey Garvis Graves, the New York Times bestselling author of On the Island, returns.

What if the life you wanted, and the woman you fell in love with, belonged to someone else?

Chris and Claire Canton's marriage is on life support. Downsized during the recession and out of work for a year, Chris copes by retreating to a dark place where no one can reach him, not even Claire. When he's offered a position that will keep him away from home four nights a week, he dismisses Claire's concern that time apart could be the one thing their fragile union can't weather. Their suburban life may look idyllic on the outside, but Claire has never felt so disconnected from Chris, or so lonely.

Local police officer Daniel Rush used to have it all, but now he goes home to an empty house every night. He pulls Claire over during a routine traffic stop, and they run into each other again at the 4th of July parade. When Claire is hired to do some graphic design work for the police department, her friendship with Daniel grows, and soon they're spending hours together.

Claire loves the way Daniel makes her feel, and the way his face lights up when she walks into the room. Daniel knows that Claire's marital status means their relationship will never be anything other than platonic. But it doesn't take long before Claire and Daniel are in way over their heads, and skating close to the line that Claire has sworn she'll never cross.

Two people stranded on an island struggle to survive—and slowly fall in love—in the runaway New York Times bestseller from the author of Covet.

Anna Emerson is a thirty-year-old English teacher desperately in need of adventure. Worn down by the cold Chicago winters and a relationship that’s going nowhere, she jumps at the chance to spend the summer on a tropical island tutoring sixteen-year-old T.J.

T.J. Callahan has no desire to go anywhere. His cancer is in remission and he wants to get back to his normal life. But his parents are insisting he spend the summer in the Maldives catching up on all the school he missed last year.

Anna and T.J. board a private plane headed to the Callahan’s summer home, and as they fly over the Maldives’ twelve hundred islands, the unthinkable happens. Their plane crashes in shark-infested waters. They make it to shore, but soon discover that they’re stranded on an uninhabited island.

At first, their only thought is survival. But as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.’s cancer could return. As T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man.

Reviews

4.2

26 total

Just Heather

On the Island was not some long-standing work of art but it was a good read. It seems the author has fallen into the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" trap. This read, and her other novels, are the same. Each chapter is told from a different character's perspective, rehashing the same details from the 1st book. The story line is exactly the same. The only difference is, this time, the plane doesn't crash. A great writer, she is not, but I'm sure the royalties are appreciated.

Aletha Hagan

Love the two books. Great read.

Kerri Ringrose

Excellent excellent book! Tracey Garvis Graves is such a captivating writer. You can tell she's done extensive research to build these characters and storylines... Either that or she's experienced it herself, that's how believable the story is. It's a fictional story but it also feels very real. I loved On the Island and I equally loved this follow up, if not more. I felt that I truly escaped onto the island and into their lives myself. I haven't read a book as good as these ones in a really long time!

Shenita I

Great Read For only 105 pages you get tons out of Uncharted. Owen is a dot-com millionaire who is frustrated with the people in his life and how things are going. He decides to leave it all behind for something different. I thought Owens decision to escape was pretty bold considering he was going to an island where it would just be him and his thoughts. The journal entries were a great touch as well. While I was fine with solo Owen I loved the addition of Calia and James. Fun times were had until it turned sad.

BookaholicCat

LibraryThing Review 4 ½ Stars - Loved it! A perfect little story.

Dawn772

LibraryThing Review A good story but it took too long to setup the plot. The heroine wasn't even introduced until a third of the way into the book. I was pleasantly surprised and liked how it all wrapped up. Millionaire ...

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Just Heather January 22, 2016

On the Island was not some long-standing work of art but it was a good read. It seems the author has fallen into the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" trap. This read, and her other novels, are the same. Each chapter is told from a different character's perspective, rehashing the same details from the 1st book. The story line is exactly the same. The only difference is, this time, the plane doesn't crash. A great writer, she is not, but I'm sure the royalties are appreciated.

Excellent excellent book! Tracey Garvis Graves is such a captivating writer. You can tell she's done extensive research to build these characters and storylines... Either that or she's experienced it herself, that's how believable the story is. It's a fictional story but it also feels very real. I loved On the Island and I equally loved this follow up, if not more. I felt that I truly escaped onto the island and into their lives myself. I haven't read a book as good as these ones in a really long time!

Great Read For only 105 pages you get tons out of Uncharted. Owen is a dot-com millionaire who is frustrated with the people in his life and how things are going. He decides to leave it all behind for something different. I thought Owens decision to escape was pretty bold considering he was going to an island where it would just be him and his thoughts. The journal entries were a great touch as well. While I was fine with solo Owen I loved the addition of Calia and James. Fun times were had until it turned sad.

LibraryThing Review A good story but it took too long to setup the plot. The heroine wasn't even introduced until a third of the way into the book. I was pleasantly surprised and liked how it all wrapped up. Millionaire ...

LibraryThing Review I've been waiting for this novella forEVER!!!!! And as expected, it didn't disappoint. This story is Owen's: he shows up on T.J.'s and Anna's doorstep one evening and tells them a story. And oh boy ...

LibraryThing Review The only reason I started with this book immediately after reading ‘on the island’ was not because I wanted to know about Owen or the shack but because I wanted know more about Anna and TJ,about their ...

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